Word Study
availability
CIDE DICTIONARY
availability, n.
- The quality of being available; availableness. [1913 Webster]" The word is sometimes used derogatively in the sense of “mere availableness,” or capability of success without regard to worthiness." [1913 Webster]"He was . . . nominated for his availability." [1913 Webster]
- That which is available. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
availability
access, accessibility, actual presence, applicability, approachability, being here, being there, come-at-ableness, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, existence, functionality, getatableness, gettableness, helpfulness, hereness, immanence, immediacy, indwellingness, inherence, obtainability, obtainableness, occurrence, openness, operability, penetrability, perviousness, physical presence, practicability, practical utility, practicality, presence, procurability, procurableness, profitability, reachableness, securableness, serviceability, spiritual presence, thereness, ubiety, usability, use, usefulness, utility, utilizability, wherenessFor further exploring for "availability" in Webster Dictionary Online